haha yes. if you cant beat 'm, join 'm right?
i think i bought the 15/11T gearing. not sure if that will be enough or how it stacks up to full UD/OD axials
i still wont have the steering though. but my WB is shorter than the hiluxes too so maybe ill get away with it. then again i guess short WB and no steering is never really an advantage... lol

yeah he moved for a job last time i talked to him. it has something to do with nuclear or radioactive stuff or something.
but this last time i tried to call him i didnt get anything back. wish i could find a number for him.

Finally got the FelsenFest t-case to work. the pinion sizes they list to work..dont. even the stock RRP 13/13 wouldnt fit without filing all the teeth, and the 15/11 wasnt even CLOSE to meshing. finally went with a RRP 15T, a Novak 10T and a LOT of grinding and got everything in the case and meshing.

been saving this for about 2 years, its the last clod clear glass i produced back then.

inside of body painted flat black and masked for the outer coat

grill work. ground down the 4x4x4, put in a new peice of styrene, and painted the turnsignals tamiya clear orange.

got the chassis all disassembled, painted rails and bumpers, made inner fenders, and sleeved the links.

i also ran into a major issue with the axles :(
the gears dont mesh, i remember Fracture PMing me when i bought them years ago, that they would need shimming. sure enough when i would grab the rear wheels and try to spin the driveline you could feel and hear the pinion skipping gears on the ring gear in the axle big time. so i took it all apart and shimmed both the pinion and ring gear, lubed and re-assembled, it helped but it still skips 2-3 teeth per revolution :( really sucks. ive emailed Tom but right now its looking like ill be pulling the $400 axles and replacing them with $50 TLTs :(

got allitle done
in trying to fix the axles, i ordered a set of the steel replacement gears even though the design is the same. i figure once i fix it at least ill have steel ring gears instead of the aluminum. i added another shim to the pinion to bring it in more. maxed out there.

i also sanded off the Ano and some of the aluminum as straight as i could to bring the whole thing in more and get more teeth engaugement. ie pinion closer to the ring gear. i reassembled everything and it seemed to have worked, no more skipping teeth. there still not much gear mesh, so in time im sure they will skip again. i may cutting a new e-clip groove in the pinion to bring it in some more. the outputs are plenty long.

i also wipped up these slider/battery tray/inner fenders. you can see the blank i started from on the floor. i hope there legal for slider points, they took awhile to get right. they will get some black paint too.

upgraded the stock plastic driveshafts to some steel Junfacs, i also put some JeepinDoug Delrin springs cups so i dont loose anymore. things are sweet with the little groove in them.

also upgraded to the towerpro servo to a CS-170(333oz)

added lights too

upgraded to 2.4 with a 4PL! also added a bunch of accesories, stephan metal badges, hubs, spare, and misc. stuff. the bedroll is cool, it hides the body clip somewhat and is tied to it so i dont loose it :D